An Interactive Web Application for the Statistical Analysis of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data in Epidemiological Studies

J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2022 Mar;16(2):397-400. doi: 10.1177/1932296820985570. Epub 2021 Jan 12.

Abstract

Motivation: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems are an essential part of novel technology in diabetes management and care. CGM studies have become increasingly popular among researchers, healthcare professionals, and people with diabetes due to the large amount of useful information that can be collected using CGM systems. The analysis of the data from these studies for research purposes, however, remains a challenge due to the characteristics and large volume of the data.

Results: Currently, there are no publicly available interactive software applications that can perform statistical analyses and visualization of data from CGM studies. With the rapidly increasing popularity of CGM studies, such an application is becoming necessary for anyone who works with these large CGM datasets, in particular for those with little background in programming or statistics. CGMStatsAnalyser is a publicly available, user-friendly, web-based application, which can be used to interactively visualize, summarize, and statistically analyze voluminous and complex CGM datasets together with the subject characteristics with ease.

Keywords: continuous glucose monitoring; software; statistical analysis; visualization.

MeSH terms

  • Blood Glucose
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
  • Diabetes Mellitus* / epidemiology
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1*
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Humans
  • Software

Substances

  • Blood Glucose